McCain: Punish Egypt and Pull U.S. Aid

11/26/2012 9:42AM

A power grab by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has U.S. politicians like Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) calling for the end of foreign aid until Morsi backs down. Dr. Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institute discusses on the News Hub. Photo: AP.

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... the the ... thus provides more than three billion in annual financial aid each year to Egypt ... mostly for the Egyptian military one senator Senator John McCain says we should threaten to cut off if present Morsi doesn't roll back his recent I regret ... to discuss how realistic that maybe Doctor Shibley Tel Aviv joins us ... these are the faster at the University of Maryland and a senior fellow at the Brookings and this institution doctor that morning ... the more it here ... first off I wanna get your reaction to this clip up from Senator John McCain yesterday ... we thanked was to Morsi forest efforts in brokering a ceasefire ... which by the way is incredibly fragile ... but this is not acceptable this is not what the United States American taxpayers expect ... and our dollars will be directly related to the progress towards ... democracy which to promise the people of Egypt when you were alive when your ... party you were like depression ... Dr should we cut off aid Egypt ... well you liquidity ... is easy reasonable exceeded its not only the movement in Congress also coming in that position ... that is coming from the mainstream here in the US that is angry ... with losses to ... the foreign aid issues far more complicated and ... its utility is very limited far ... as though ... all I can get there always is so much on only to the polls on this year ... Egyptian public ... that doesn't even seem all that much ... that they think the US ... is using is as as ... as a tactic to enforce teacher ... so ... it's mostly institutional today ... primarily military won't ... so its ability to enforce advance's limited to the more likely ... when these but I've that you have ... a four point eight billion the powers that the minute we buy them ... as a thorn in June ... they're already insinuating that this could be on hold until this is all so ... Morsi's meeting today with ... the end of the judicial ... Council and his ... justice minister saying ... that maybe ... they're close to ... an agreement will see but ... it is very important for ... what ... you just covered up from from our ... you know that the issues that going on here and you don't make America the central feature ... the Egyptians ... are moving in a direction resulting was the only ... as the mobilize opposition is to mobilize ... this mean things are the same but one thing is ... we're seeing ... certain doesn't lessen the issue in the sole reason ... why I mean you know they ... they basically on ... pulled off the ... the wind farm in after ... the Muslim Brotherhood want ... me to this while on the first Muslim Brotherhood candidate for the presidency ... when insinuating that was all ... constitutional ... committee so so he is the the the ... rest of ... the rest of the opposition ... don't trust and it was the scene of the Muslim Brotherhood ... has a history of every time it was a little power to try to get ... what had ... been is initially they said that I didn't feel ... the presidential candidate ... they did so well in them all over ... the next day ... they century decided to field a presidential candidate ... when Morsi got elected ... gas prices in the Sinai ... he acted forcefully ... with relative behind him he was the next morning to get rid of his defence minister ... here are ... a he got a lot of soap or from ... the Egyptian public and even the opposition ... and international community over his handling of the rice is ... the next morning ... and he EXT was low but more are so ... the opposition doesn't rest of my doctor what what this you know the ... engines obviously ... with people thanks for this because Egypt is invited to the dentist and doctor Dr what happens just briefly have a lot of time ... but ... what happens ... if the opposition isn't able to stop DeeDee Islamists in takeover of the government if if in fact we have a ... government is a moderate ... aam is highly highly Islam is very conservative ... I that what what what reaction should should America ... after that ... you knew we have to understand what they are well Prices ... is in our own ... that is going to ... assert itself in decisions that do it's it's interesting I think what we've seen in the streets are all ... well laid our demonstration that the ... globalization of opposition ... so I doubt that this is Guinea get to that ... remember Morsi one ... of ... the very thin victory in Detroit he checked and ... there's a lot of opposition region ... so that they are ... looking at it now the intervention level ... a Jeep backward ... there some people who believe that and the U S may be ... caught in the middle is the fact that explains how can ... Dr thanks so much for joining us this morning ... well ...